Romolo Fioroni

Valentina Bonicelli (Universita degli Studi di Bologna)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 20 Sep 1928
Died 29 Jun 2010
Activity 1944-2010

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet

Other

Journalist
Revolutionary, Activist

Resources

Fioroni's Works

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Romolo Fioroni was an Italian author and researcher of the epic

maggio

, a form of folk theater typical of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany. The tradition’s origin is unknown and itsearliest extant written sources, dating back to the late eighteenth century, already refer to it as an

antichissima tradizione

[very ancient tradition] (Aravecchia 100). The nonprofessional actors, called

maggiarini

, stage stories inspired mainly by medieval and Renaissance chivalric romances; in addition, there are dramas about regional or national history as well as the lives of saints and martyrs.

Romolo Fioroni grew up in Costabona, a small mountain village located in the province of Reggio Emilia, where the epic maggio was performed almost every summer by the local Compagnia di Costabona across several

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Citation: Bonicelli, Valentina. "Romolo Fioroni". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 July 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14293, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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